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Le livre décrit tout d’abord les matériaux et les techniques utilisées au cours de l’histoire dans la construction des bâtiments en pierre calcaire. Ces techniques anciennes ont déjà été décrites par Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, ont souvent été confirmés par des analyses scientifiques récentes, et sont toujours employées de nos jours, notamment pour la restauration des monuments historiques. La connaissance de la pierre, son utilisation, sa mise en œuvre et la fabrication des mortiers de chaux sont d’abord étudiés, avant d’aborder la technique du ravalement, la fabrication des enduits et leur application sur les murs en moellons.
La deuxième partie présente l’architecture et la construction des principaux éléments d’un bâtiment de pierre (fondations, murs, baies, voûtes, escaliers…) tant sur le plan du dessin et du tracé que sur celui de la taille et de la pose.
La troisième partie présente les techniques de restauration des bâtiments en pierre : assèchement et des murs, consolidation de la pierre par procédés traditionnels ou modernes (résines, silicates), protection et nettoyage de la pierre, étaiement, consolidation des fondations, redressement des murs, restauration des voûtes.
Ce livre présente également les principes de restauration à travers l’analyse de la Chartre de Venise, et décrit la procédure administrative à suivre pour restaurer ou exécuter des travaux sur un édifice classé, inscrit à l’inventaire supplémentaire des monuments historiques ou encore adossé à un édifice classé.
Les illustrations nombreuses sont dues à l’auteur ou ont été copiées d’ouvrages de référence comme ceux de Viollet-le-Duc.

Sommaire :
1 - Matériaux et méthode de pose
Connaissance de la pierre calcaire
Les mortiers utilisés dans la construction des bâtiments de pierre
La préparation du travail : dessins et tracés
La taille des pierres et les outils
La pose des pierres et le remplissage des joints
Le ravalement
Les enduits
La décoration peinte des édifices en pierre
2 - Architecture des bâtiments de pierre
Les fondations
Les murs en élévation
Les ouvertures (fenêtres, lucarnes, portes)
Les voûtes
Les escaliers en pierre
3 - Restauration des édifices en pierre
Évolution de la doctrine de la restauration (Viollet-le-Duc, chartre de Venise)
Études préalables et diagnostic
L’assèchement des murs
Les procédés de nettoyage, de consolidation et de protection de la pierre
Procédés de restauration qui portent sur la structure de l’édifice (étaiement, consolidation des fondations, redressement des murs, remise en état des pierres, restauration des voûtes)
4 - Annexes
Procédure à suivre pour exécuter des travaux sur un monument historique
Carrières françaises avec caractéristiques physiques des pierres extraites
Glossaire
Bibliographie

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